<?php
function fetchRequest($request_url){
		$response = null;
		//global $authenticated;
		try {
			$session = curl_init(); 
			if($session === false)
				die("curl_init failed");
			else{
				curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_URL,$request_url);
				curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HEADER, false); 
				curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); 
				//curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_POST,true);
				//curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$request_payload);
				
				/* To do request over https
				curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER,false);
				curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
				if ( !$authenticated ){
					curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_USERPWD, 'rocking_rajat:hailey');				
				}*/
				$response = curl_exec($session); 
				if($response === false)
					die("Error fetching response");
				curl_close($session);
			}
		}
		catch(Exception $e){
			echo 'Error:' . $e->getMessage();
		}
		return $response;
	}
?>